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Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/kawa

This Proto-Ryukyuan entry contains reconstructed words and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Ryukyuan

Etymology 1

From Proto-Japonic *kapa (“source of freshwater”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kawa/

Noun

*kawa

  1. spring, well

Descendants
  • Northern Ryukyuan:
    • Kikai: 川 (はー, hā)
    • Kunigami: 川 (はー, hā)
    • Northern Amami-Oshima: 川 (こ゚ー, xō)
    • Okinawan: 川 (かー, kā)
    • Oki-No-Erabu: 川 (ほー, hō)
    • Southern Amami-Oshima: 川 (こ゚ー, xō)
    • Toku-No-Shima: 川 (こ゚ー, xō)
    • Yoron: 川 (ほー, hō)
  • Southern Ryukyuan:
    • Miyako: 川 (かー, kā)
    • Yaeyama: 川 (かー, kā)
    • Yonaguni: 川 (かー, kā)

Etymology 2

From Proto-Japonic *kapa (“bark, hide, skin; leather”).

Noun

*kawa

  1. bark, hide, skin
  2. leather

Descendants
  • Northern Ryukyuan:
    • Kikai: 皮, 革 (はー, hā)
    • Kunigami: 皮, 革 (はー, hā)
    • Northern Amami-Oshima: 皮, 革 (こ゚ー, xō)
    • Okinawan: 皮, 革 (かー, kā)
    • Oki-No-Erabu: 皮, 革 (ほー, hō)
    • Southern Amami-Oshima: 皮, 革 (こ゚ー, xō)
    • Toku-No-Shima: 皮, 革 (こ゚ー, xō)
    • Yoron: 皮, 革 (ほー, hō)
  • Southern Ryukyuan:
    • Miyako: 皮, 革 (かー, kā)
    • Yaeyama: 皮, 革 (かー, kā)
    • Yonaguni: 皮, 革 (かー, kā)
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